Table of Contents

Volume 33, Number 2

April - June 2001

Effects of High-Dose Heroin versus Morphine in Intravenous Drug Users:  A Randomised Double-Blind Crossover Study — Robert B. Haemmig, M.D. & Wolfgang Tschacher, Ph.D.

“Have a Piss, Drink Ogogoro, Smoke Igbo, but don’t take Gbana”—Hard and Soft Drugs  in Nigeria: A Critical Comparison of Official Policies and the View on the Street — Axel Klein, Ph.D.

Sticky Business: Patterns of Procurement and Misuse of Prescription Cough Syrup in Houston — William N. Elwood, Ph.D.

Long-Term Therapy using GHB (Sodium Gamma Hydroxybutyrate) for Treatment-Resistant Chronic Alcoholics — Icro Maremmani, M.D.; Francesco Lamanna, M.D. & Alessandro Tagliamonte, M.D.

Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and Gamma Butyrolactone (GBL) Withdrawal:  Five Case Studies — Charles H. McDaniel, M.D. & Karen A. Miotto, M.D.     

The Nonmedical Use of Ketamine, Part Two: A Review of Problem Use and Dependence — Karl L. R. Jansen, M.D., Ph.D., M.R.C.Psych. & Rachael Darracot-Cankovic, B.Sc.

The Development, Reliability, and Validity of a Clinical Rating Scale for Codependency — Daniel Harkness, Ph.D., A.C.S.W.; Melaney Swenson, M.S.W.;  Kathryn Madsen-Hampton, M.S.W. & Richard Hale, M.S.W., D.C.S.W.

Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Health and Drug Use — Micheline Duterte, B.A.; Sarah O’Neil, B.A.; Gerard McKearin, B.A.;         Paloma Sales, A.A.; Terrence Murphy, J.D. & Sheigla Murphy, Ph.D.

SHORT COMMUNICATION

Assessing the Influence of Need to Inject and Drug Withdrawal on Drug Injectors’ Perceptions of HIV Risk Behavior — Rhidian A. Hughes, D.Phil.

Rapid Heroin Detoxification Using a Single High Dose of Buprenorphine —  Ilan Kutz, M.D. & Victor Reznik, M.D.

BOOK REVIEW

Tripping: An Anthology of True-Life Psychedelic Adventures  —  Reviewed by Steve Heilig, M.P.H.

INTERNATIONAL ADDICTIONS INFOLINE —  Richard B. Seymour, M.A; David E. Smith, M.D. & Terry Chambers, B.A.

COVER ART — OR2 by Frank Pietronigro (signifun@earthlink.net)